impressionist
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British paintings with repeat sales posted the best mean return of 3.4%, followed by impressionist works with 3.1%.
From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026
In July 2006, Manhattan prosecutors charged Doyle with the theft of a bronze sculpture of a nude dancer by French impressionist Edgar Degas valued at $600,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
Born in Worcestershire in 1958, Sir Lenny has been performing since he was 16 years old, first as an impressionist on a TV talent show and then as a stand-up comedian.
From BBC ● May 20, 2025
Nahmad is the son of a billionaire art dealer; his family has one of the world’s largest collections of impressionist and modernist art.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2024
From the employee side of the window, the outside world looked fluid, all the people on the other side wavy, like an impressionist watercolor.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Marvel star Stan avoids portraying Trump as a caricature villain in the film, or in the exaggerated, comedic way Trump is often presented by impressionists.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2024
The fluid brushstrokes made Hals a major influence of later artists like Vincent van Gogh and impressionists like Édouard Manet.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
“All the impressionists even had classes with each other.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2023
It’s more evidence that Johnson is one of sharpest impressionists in comedy today.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2023
Degas is the only other painter usually classed with the impressionists, of whom this may not be said.
From French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture by Brownell, W. C. (William Crary)